Monday, June 05, 2006

2006 NBA Finals

vs Mavericks high-octane offense. Heat crash and grind offense. Nowitzki vs Shaq. The key to this series will be control of the tempo. Yeah, that is cliche, but it is very true here. If the Mavs control the tempo and keep it quick they will wear down the Heat...particularly Shaq. However, should the Heat control the momentum then we should see one hell of a series because the Mavs can play slow, crash and grind as well.

All this amounts to my prediction that if Dallas controls the tempo for most of each game they will win in 5. If the tempo flows are controled by both teams equally or by the Heat then this should go 7 games...and I would put light money on Dallas.

To make one prediction I have to average those two possibilities. That all averages out to...